Real Writer Quotes

17 quotes by 14 authors

Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. — Norman Mailer
Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always be seen… — James A. Baldwin
I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told me to. — Fay Weldon
Writers only think they are interested in politics, they are not really, it gives them a chance to talk and writers like to talk but… — Gertrude Stein
The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. — Gore Vidal
Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option. — Warren Adler
A real writer is always shifting and changing and searching. — James A. Baldwin
In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy. — Larry Brooks
The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore. — Joseph Wambaugh
The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You… — Marge Piercy
There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted to tell story… — Joss Whedon
A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard -- by stealing what he has a taste for,… — Archibald MacLeish
When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I tried to write about real things. I wanted to describe the… — Nicole Krauss
The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops. — William Saroyan
Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. What he… — Gore Vidal
It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack. — Edmund White

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